Financial Controller

• Own the preparation of monthly accounts and reporting, alongside month-end processes.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting activities, and variance tracking to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Take charge of cashflow planning and treasury functions.
• Balance sheet oversight, including reconciliations, accruals, and prepayments.
• Implement systems for recognising revenue accurately, including multi-year contracts.
• Supervise statutory accounts and compliance filings, working with external consultants when required.

• Provide expert financial advice on pricing strategies, proposals, and contract evaluations.
• Analyse margins across customers and service offerings for strategic insights.
• Contribute to procurement discussions with suppliers and commercial partners.
• Support teams in developing financial models and pricing bids for larger contracts.
• Identify and track SaaS/MSSP-specific metrics, including ARR, MRR, churn rates, and profitability.

• Strengthen financial procedures, controls, and operational policies to ensure scalability.
• Assess current systems and lead the integration of automation and forecasting tools.
• Safeguard data accuracy within financial workflows across the company.

• Prepare financial data and reports for board presentations and discussions.
• Partner effectively with executive leadership during fundraising stages, including due diligence tasks.
• Build models to support decision-making processes for funding rounds and long-term planning.

• Qualified accountant (CA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent professional certification.
• Relevant experience in financial control or senior financial leadership roles within growing companies.
• Strong familiarity with SaaS, recurring revenue, or managed services industry standards.
• Expertise with deferred revenue accounting and multi-year contract management.
• Solid analytical mindset with proficiency in financial modelling and forecasting.
• Commercially aware, capable of working closely with teams across multiple departments.
• Proactive, self-driven, and immersive in fast-growing, dynamic environments.
• Previous exposure to board-level reporting and investor relations is advantageous.

• Be a key contributor to shaping and growing finance operations in a high-performing scale-up.
• Work directly with senior leadership in impactful growth and expansion projects.
• Flexible, hybrid working format anchored at our central office location.
• Base salary £60,000-£80,000 with attractive benefits and development opportunities.

Robert Half